National Republican., 1887-07-15
THE GRAND QUESTION.
The Alleged Cancellation Between the
Vatican and the Quirina1.

The propensity of Queen, Margaret ani
King Humbert OF Italy toward tue conciiia-
tion between the vatican and the qu!rin 81
has set the thinking Italians, the parlil-
ment, and the press to discuss the posi-
bility Of new nl0dus UiUendi between Italy
and the papacy under the auspices Of the
chiefs OF the conservative party of the
nation and Of that OF the church. Whoever
meuitates attentively all that has been
said and written on this subject will flnd
many things well enough to seduce the
heart and soul Of the Italians in view of the
grand benefits that 1t is said Italy and the
papacy will receive, from which will
spring up a new era and new social order.
which ipso fdcto will cause to disappear all
the evils that are now atilicting Italy, the
papacy, and the Italians.
such discussion produces painful i'm
preston on me, because | cannot compre-
hend possible cancellation between two
such opposite and different parties as are
modern and progressive Italy and the station
ary papacy, who are absolutely destitute OF n
medium factor which could solve the anti
thesis of the contrares in harmony.
Before talking of conciliation 1t would
have been the decorum OF the discussion to
define well the two high contracting parties,
viz, to represent plainly what is the papacy,
what is Italy, SO as to be able to Judge II the
principles OF the papacy and those of Italy
can be conciliated together. The papacy
tipifes the despotism by the divine right.
having its foundations on the supernatural.
Italy exhibits liberty by the right of
the people, having its foundations on the
real. Now, is 1t possible to conclliate
despotism with liberty-the supernatural
with reality?
No, it is not possible. Those who de-
eire to fully comprehend tnis impossi-
bility should not consult the opinion of
certain writers who certainly do not repre-
sent the pope, but they have to consult tue
councils, the papal bulls, the decretals
aud from all these they can easily see II
cancellation between modern Italy and the
papacy is possible. Here will relate two
experiments made IN the last century In
order to conclude, with authenticity, that
the conciliation is impossible.
/ believe that, to gain conciliation, 1t will
be necessary either to conciiate the papacy
with liberty or liberty with the papacy. Two
great men-Lamennais in France aud Clio
berti in Italy-have tried to solve this diiil-
| cult problem. What has been the result;
History tells us that.
Lamennais, a man Of genius and with
| great heart, held by the clergy in high
estimation, had in his mind this ideal
and tried in the SdggiO sui inditeren!d
to coneiliate liberty with the papacY
in the Atenir has undertaken to conciltate
papacy with liberty, but he obtained
no better result, because the pope
Gregorio, having recently asCended the
| poutifical throne, quickly discovered th'
danger that was menacing him. Pop
Gregorlo excomnunicated the Auenir and
its doctrines, and sent out the famoui
| oil In, tui t1rhi iah Ia.
| has taught to Lamennais and to all tn,
fidels the true and pure doctrines q
| Catholicism, which are In perfect autithe
sis with liberty and modern civilization
Then Lamennais understood the error au(
liberty In all their extension and pro
foundness, and sent answer to Rome secun
dun DR.. Edward McGlynn, Of New York
most ardent and generous apostles OF ra
tionalism and OF democracy on paS
fac sin,ile to the platform OF Henry Georg
and DIR. Edward McGlynn Of to-day.
The second experiment took place /,
Italy where the papacy had its birth, Sc
and secular empire. In Italy the politlca
ideas, for many centuries, carried witt
them the stamp OF Catholicism there
fore 1t was necessary either to conciliat
the Italian people with Catholicism o
Catholicism to become thoroughly Italian
The first attempt has been made by writer
OF small calber and OF weak will, and, he
ing prosecuted by the clergy aud by varOu
potentates who divided and ruled Italy Il
that time, the pigmy and timld writer
failed In their attempt.
The second attempt was made by Vim
cenzo Gioberti, an italian philosopher o
mental superiority, with an apparentl
happier success, hut the result has been Tia
same Of that OF the first Gioberti, who, II
his TeOrid del sOprdndturdle and In his in
trOdlziOne dlio Studio della FlOSOfd, hat
preached to the Italians philosophy en-
tirely Catholic; IN his PrinldtO he dared /
suggest to the church policy entirel
Italian; thus he thought to have conciliate
the clergy with the revolution, Itremaiue
to convert or conciliate the revolutionist
with Catholicism, aud the great Italia
| philosopher tried IL with the PrOlDgJnll
aud with the GeSuita lloderRo, in which
separating totally Catholicism from Gee
uitism, he started a crusade agains
the sons Of IgDatius Loyola for the purpos
OF better defending the cause OF the sue
ceRsors OF st. Peter. But this was an Gqu
vogue of which history, with a series c
solemn facts, and philosophy, with solid al
guments, haYe shown the entire fallacy an
absurdity.
Notwithstanding the etrervesconcs G
the Italians In that enthusiasm Tor cor
cord, even an equivoque mad the power /
| AjhIUOlCb anu TtNUlllLlDllbNh dllht
The equivoque OF GloDerti soon ended, be
ing squashed by the pope himself. Pin
TX with his WiOCu:iOae Of the 2eth o
| April, lS4S, has shown the autagOnism be
tween church and fatbGrand, betwee
canon right and national right. From tina
the Italians have learned that for the pop
the love for the fatherland 10 an al
surdity, liberty 4 beresy independence
chimera. the nation a herd Of sheep, tn
foreign domination Ia Italy u sacred right
From that diiocrgiOne the Italians hay
learned that the papaGy cannot exist
Italy is not divided ami seri th,
papacy is uDfrendly to modern Italy an
The friend and tho ally Of the dethronci pt
tentates who kept the nation divided an
ruled more or less tyrannicaily their lta
ian subjects, that Catholicism Is not N
Gospel (Vaugelol OF Christ, but that Ut th
Jesul,s.
After such double experience, and aftc
such plain aud preeise talking Of the tw
late Uopes, Gregory and Plus, count,
nsnced by the present Leo, ! ask, Is
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